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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. MGCORMICK.

GANE UMBRELLA.

Patented Aug.. 16,1188?.

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J. MOCORMICK.

GANE UMBRELLA.

NAO. 368,407. l Patented Aug. 16, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCCORMICK, OF WTASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES F. MONTGOMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

CANE-UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,407, dated August 16, 1887.

Application filed SepteuiLex-Q?, 1886. Se1ialNo.2I4,597. (No model.)

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MoCoRMreK, ot' Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cane-Umbrellas; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved cane umbrella, designed for simplicity of construction,

ro strength, and compactness.

In the drawings accompanying this, Figure l represents the rod with a pair of ribs or stretehers in side elevation. Fig. 2shows the method of hiuging the ribs. Fig. 3 represents the cover and retaining-sleeve. Fig. 4 is a section of a portion ofthe rod having two ofthe ribs and the retaining sleeve in position. Fig. 5 is a section taken through the rod. Fig. 6 is a detached view of my improved rib with a portion of the stretcher.

Fig. 7 and 8 are modifications. Fig. 9 represents the completed umbrella as inclosed in my improved case, and Fig. l0 is a moditicd form of the method of hinging the stretcher.-

'The rodA may be made ot' wood or metal, preferably the latter, and is as small as it can be made consistently with the preservation et' the necessary strength. Vhen composed of metal,I make it tubular,and at a suitable dis- 3o tance below the top arrangea series of notches,I 2, adapted to receive the hooked ends 3 ofthe ribs et. These ends are hooked over the notches, and when the ribs are spread the ends turn into the hollow portion of the rod.

In order to strengthen the rod at this point I provide re-cnforcing ribs 9 between the holes or notches, as shown in Fig. 2. Over the end of the rod. Islip a sleeve,B, composed ofguttapercha or any suitable material, which may 4o contain the ferrule or not, as desired. The sleeve :tits the end of t-he rod snugly, and at its lower end is provided with elongated slots l0, which tit over and cover the ribs 9 between the hinging slots. The ends ll, between the slots l0, rest upon the ends ofthe ribs and retain them in position, preventing their dis placement. From the peint Where the slots l() end a flange, l2, extends from the sleeve, which serves to cover the slots beneath it and 5o give a neat huish to this part of the umbrella.

The ribs I prefer to make of what is known as the paragon form, so that the stretchers lie in thegrooves ofthe ribs. I prefer to make the upper part ot the ribs ot' steel rod 5 and the lower part of paragon, pivoting the stretchers in the paragon part,as shown in Figs. l and 3. All the ribs may be composed entirely of round steel wire, and the stretcher may be of paragon form and may be arranged with its back or rounded side next the rod, so as to reeeive the rib in its groove when the umbrella is closed. The stretchers are connected at their lower ends to a sliding collar or runner, f', which is provided with a series of notches similar to those described for the ends of the ribs, and in these notches the similarly-hooked ends of the stretchers engage. A close cap, g, is adapted to be pressed by a spring to cover the ends ot' the ribs when the umbrella is closed. By this construction I make an umbrellawithout enlarging it either near the tip, Where the ribs are jointed to the rod A, or at the runner which carries the stretcher ends.

Instead of hing-ing the ribs directly in notches eut into the rod, as hereinbefore described, I may, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, use a collar or ferrule, lit, provided with notches 1G and holes 17, adapted to receive the hooked ends of the ribs. These ends arbhooked over the notches, and the ends ot` the hooks turn So into the holes when the ribs are spread. The retaining sleeve or collar is the same. The stretcher may be pivoted to the rib in the ordinary way by means of a pin passing through the two; or, as shown .in Fig. l0, the end may be hooked over a bridgepieee or pin, so that when the cover is raised the strain of the stretcher will not come on the bridge or pin, butthe end will bear against the wall of the rib, or it may be simply slotted, as shown, to effect 9o the purpose.

In order to give the closed umbrella the appearance of a cane, I have provided a case, C. This consists of sections, each section being composed of a series of ilexible strips, preferg5 ably ot" rubber, secured together upon a suitable packing or in any desired manner. These strips hare preferably arranged at an inclination to the vertical line ot' the rod, so that when the sectional case is spread the iiexible roo strips thereof will follow the fold of the cover of the umbrella, and thus cause the whole to lie smoothly. When the case is not in use,the sections thereof are closed together and inserted into the hollow handle B', adapted to receive them.

When the case is in place, the rst section begins at the end of the flange 12 of the sleeve B. Being of the same color and material, no division is perceptible.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a telescopic case for an umbrella with theV end section secured in place to the ferrule end of the rod, and I do not broadly claim this as my invention.

My invention differs from umbrellas constructed after the manner of those referred to, inasmuch as my enveloping-case is composed of telescopic sections adapted to cover the body of the material and an independent section adapted to cover the ferrule end of -the umbrella-stick, and while this additional section is independent of the telescopic sections it is practically a continuation of the same and to all appearances forms a part thereof.

I claimm l. In an umbrella,the eombination,with the rod having slots formed therein, of the ribs having hooked ends adapted to enter the slots in the rod, substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella, the combination of the rond with slots formed therein to receive the hooked ends of the ribs and the cap for retaining the ribs in position, substantially as described.

3. Inan umbrella, the combination of the rod slotted to receive the rib ends, the strengthening ribs between the slots', and the cap adapted thereto, as described.

4. In combination with an umbrella, the enveloping-case C, consisting of a sleeve, B, covering the ferrule end of the umbrella, provided with a shoulder at its upper end, and of telescopic sections independent of the cap but forming a continuation thereof from its upper end to the handle of the umbrella, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my,

name to this speciiication in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MCCORMICK.

Witnesses:

CHAs. L. STURTEVANT, F. L. MIDDLETON. 

